Rubber fabric.



E. A. HBADSON.

RUBBER FABRIC. APPLIOATION PiLED mm: 25

Patented Apr. 18,1911.

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FRANK A. HEADSON, (3F IiTIL-XVAIUKEE, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOBL VILLE COI QTPANY, O}? MIIWVAUKEE,

IQCONSIN, A CORPORATION OF NEXV YORK.

RUBBER, 1511:8331

Specification of Letters Patentifii'immw i e Application filed June Serial No. 504,206

To uZZ idiom it may concern; to embed, in (such. strand of fishi -ins fiber a lie known (hat i, LWRAN'H; A. ri'iiciwsm; fine iil'iiSltl W117!) core 12 which (i005; not mm lQSiLililQ in jiiiliYi'ilLliCQ}, in the county UiiI Milh im iiiiiy min-fare with the phzzbihiy of the :w and Mate hf Yi'ismm have H1 fabric i new mini useiui Liipir-Ycnienis 11 The rubber COlUPCSi L-iOII aha incliiioneii .iiiihhwi' nisi'ihs, of whu-h the lowing a 311 app: )T'liiililiEiy' the prup 1u1ms of rubber iiimi. ivici-micc he i (.i to HA. mt i'hii-i i' amen pa is J'iiugnetic .irnn i throw peci iidui ii 11.

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Another object of the imeniim'i i0 pro- \itiL such 21 ,fnhi'ic h: ving :i gi'ua'er strength lhzui that possessed by the asbestos 01 other fibuof its strands, which object; is accomplished by the embedding :1 wire core in the Sii'HIHiS.

'i ih the above and. other objeci s in. View 'iilk! iimmiinii (:mis' in the fabric herein (-1- i iii w yiiii'ahm mg m the ucoompnuying drawings iiav chziiructeis of reference indium: imm's iii the dii :rent views; a sup-6011211 View of :1 fabric @011- iiutuiihiiicu with 'ihiq i wuntion; is :1 iiviuil Yiuw ihm eo'i h (hi:- rubbing remove 21ml U. .55

l'hei mi :tus .iea'nu'i'eiig 21m? 111a] YiiW iii? a miiiciii'i' "i a Wire cu lit-(v i.

wings i0 huh/3:1 (he, 5; .iilliiS 'ifims. (11 the iikQ bi? which. the men and ii a rubber coni 'iosill'itiinfi rubber, magnetic iron. oxici mi zriiiiurui 1112/ aiiiiz iron which is forced him {hm izibrii: Hider gram pi'rmu e F0 i0 *ZIjtil phi-meats the same, the fabric hen h (acted to the action of cziioiiiiur 1'01 in give i H sizimiih finish. This fabric of w en nwb'h .0 thaw ivhv rubber may pass (fitiiioij; :u'wiiid the strands thm'eoi Hit i 8021. piohgi embed. Lhc asbmios thei'hizi The :is-

one may be used to form 7 11mm in maria and 111i L lhc "r011 (zihiohoiizvi iron) has LiiQ property of rhn'iuil in soft ubha under usual conditions and the of ihi, invention ":Qnipir "mg the i'vovun i 'miiis 01? :lSbPSfOS .Eibar inipieg uihr fi \viih said composition has (he prop ..v of

remaining soft find flexible. Being of El inili- 1 (EU the. iiihhuicmuposi .011 is en uiy water il'oni fur the (ZOIUPOFliiTiOR Wiil 110i. iliiOW the i his to soak up Wat and :15

uumpu imi of iiietiiliic COIZSiKillCiTiLHl n'nui'icziiiy {2S fl'GO tf 'vn'i being infected, by sixzann With-L, 0H, m ii 01' munimiiii 2: (hi: pipe iiIiQ iii-501i. Vi' i'lQli it farms the p210! I 21 st'emn 0r ofihci" heated pipe the huziinpg cri'uut; ieiwiwui by it: union ii info a: moi 1 "r y i'iiiing Hie cnviiiy ii im' it (1005 hUi;

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mining n'ir-iaiiiic il'Oi] in' i O G pregnated with a rubber composition containing reduced metallic iron and magnetic iron oxid to render it soft and pliable under normal conditions.

3. A fabric comprising intermeshed strands of asbestos or the like surrcunding cores of brass wire, said fabric being open meshed and impregnated with a rubber composition containing reduced metallic iron and magnetic iron oxidto render it soft and pliable 10 under normal conditions.

In testimony where0f,I afiix my signature, in presence of two Witnesses.

R. S. C. CALDWELL, ANNA F. SCHMIDTBAUER. 

